World Bank · Health
Timor-Leste: Low-birthweight babies
18.21percent · 2020+8.8% since 2010
Low-birthweight babies are newborns weighing less than 2,500 grams, with the measurement taken within the first hour of life, before significant postnatal weight loss has occurred. Annual figures for Timor-Leste from 2000 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 18.212 | |
| 2019 | 18.239 | |
| 2018 | 18.249 | |
| 2017 | 18.169 | |
| 2016 | 17.98 | |
| 2015 | 17.676 | |
| 2014 | 17.323 | |
| 2013 | 17.03 | |
| 2012 | 16.837 | |
| 2011 | 16.724 | |
| 2010 | 16.733 | |
| 2009 | 16.834 | |
| 2008 | 16.992 | |
| 2007 | 17.297 | |
| 2006 | 17.668 | |
| 2005 | 18.063 | |
| 2004 | 18.467 | |
| 2003 | 18.725 | |
| 2002 | 18.87 | |
| 2001 | 18.993 | |
| 2000 | 19.143 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by UNICEF, World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Bank (2026). Low-birthweight babies. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-low-birthweight-babies (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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- Croatia
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- Denmark
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- Eritrea
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- Fiji
- Finland
- France
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- Germany
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- Greece
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- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
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- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
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- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
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- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
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- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
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- Spain
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- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
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